Thursday, August 21, 2008

Boon's Final Top 5

After reading everyone's input, plus my own opinions, here are my top 5 (along with their best role):

1) Leo - The Departed2) Hanks - Forrest Gump3) De Niro - Goodfellas4) Cruise - Jerry Maguire5) Philip Seymour Hoffman - M.I. 3 (haters will bash this one I know, my only response is any role he plays, he is fucking domination in it. He can play a nerd or a bad ass, and both will be pulled off with excellence.)

psh was definitely a strong villain in mi 3. I havent seen it in such a long time though I really cant comment any further. I'll post my top 5 in the same way nate did, although its without too much thought, so it isnt set in stone. I'll also beat boon to the punch, kinda like what he did to prime, and post my best single performances.

also i was pretty surprised not to see cruise in your top 5, especially after this comment "Cruise - Ignoring his real life, the dude is an amazing actor. There is absolutely no doubt he should be top 5 in my mind."

that would seem to bump hanks from your list, which i dont feel too good about. even though i left nicholson off my list, i wouldnt feel too comfortable replacing him as #2 on yours either.

Yea, I thought about Cruise. He probably would be tied with Hanks really, I just tried to limit it to an actual top 5 without ties. The thing that kept Cruise off was probably his personal life for me, though contradicting my previous comment. But for the record:

1)crowe- gladiator2)DDL- Gangs of new york (I thought this performance and TWBB were both great, but this movie I thought he played his role very, very well. An above average movie with a great individual performance).3) Pacino- Scarface4) Hanks- Forrest Gump (I still watch this movie when i see it on USA, and every time I think his acting was better. Great movie with incomparable acting).5) Gibson- braveheart6) Norton- American History X7)Spacey- American Beauty8)SLJ- Pulp Fiction (as adam said, dont hate on samuel. He was the perfect "bad ass motherfucker" for that movie)...did you know they call a big mac a royal with cheese in england???9)hopkins- silence of the lambs. i dunno when you nubs last saw this movie, but he is a creepy fucker. Hannibal Lector was supposed to be very intelligent, but unpredictable and i dont know anyone who could have pulled off a better part than him) 10)vin diesel - the pacifier (joking of course)...

i cant really argue with anything from boons list. my top 5 would probably be the same, just re-ordered. I think I would give Gibson in Braveheart the #1 spot narrowly over Crowe.

The only differences would prob be I would have to fit Nicholson in the Shining somewhere on my top 10, and I would probably substitute Travolta in as the top performer from Pulp Fiction, although that can go either way.